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2022 Elections June 23, 2022

This week’s primaries continued skid for GOP’s anti-CRT school board candidates

by Ross Williams, Georgia Recorder [This article first appeared in the Georgia Recorder, republished with permission]June 23, 2022 Voters in Cherokee and Coweta counties rejected three school board candidates backed…

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Food June 23, 2022

Atlanta Community Food Bank food pantry in Cobb ending due to funding/staffing shortages but other nonprofits step in

Cobb County government announced on its website that the popular Atlanta Community Food Bank drive-through food pantry events have ended due to funding and staffing issues. The events had been…

Climate and Weather June 23, 2022

Hazardous weather outlook issued for Cobb and other nearby counties due to hot temperatures

The National Weather Service issued a hazardous weather outlook for Cobb County and other nearby counties that warns of temperatures that are well above normal for this early in the…

Climate and Weather June 23, 2022

Cobb County weather forecast June 23

The National Weather Service forecasts a 20 percent chance of afternoon showers and thunderstorms here in Cobb County on Thursday June 23 with a high near 97 degrees. The National…

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Literature June 22, 2022

How Octavia E. Butler mined her boundless curiosity to forge a new vision for humanity

Alyssa Collins, University of South Carolina [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] In 2021, Alyssa Collins was awarded a yearlong Octavia E. Butler Fellowship from The…

Climate and Weather June 22, 2022

Cobb County weather forecast for Thursday June 23

The National Weather Service forecasts sunny skies early in the day on Thursday here in Cobb County with a 20 percent chance of afternoon showers, a high near 95, and…

Climate and Weather June 22, 2022

Sunny and hot in Cobb County on Wednesday June 22

The National Weather Service forecasts sunny skies here in Cobb County on Wednesday June 22 with a high near 98 degrees. We are under a heat advisory which is likely…

Environment June 22, 2022

Code Orange air quality alert issued for metro Atlanta

The Georgia Environmental Protection Division relayed a Code Orange air quality alert to the National Weather Service warning of high ozone levels on Wednesday June 22. In addition Cobb County…

Climate and Weather June 22, 2022

Heat advisory for Cobb and nearby counties as temperatures expected to hover around 100 degrees June 22

Even though the humidities are expected to remain low today, the temperature is expected to exceed 100 degrees in parts of Georgia near Cobb County on Wednesday June 22, 2022,…

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Marietta June 21, 2022

Marietta man killed in fatal crash on Powers Ferry Road

According to a public information release from Officer Chuck McPhilamy, the Marietta Police Department’s Selective Traffic Enforcement Program (S.T.E.P.) Unit is investigating a fatal vehicle collision on Powers Ferry Road…

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Climate January 14, 2025

Firefighting planes are dumping ocean water on the Los Angeles fires − why using saltwater is typically a last resort

by Patrick Megonigal, Smithsonian Institution, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] Firefighters battling the deadly wildfires that raced through the Los Angeles area in January 2025…

Education January 14, 2025

Georgia lawmakers set to debate school policies, from safety to 1985 school spending formula

by Ross Williams, Georgia Recorder, [This article first appeared in the Georgia Recorder, republished with permission]January 13, 2025 Georgia’s school kids are heading back to school on Monday, and Georgia…

Immigration January 14, 2025

Mass deportations don’t keep out ‘bad genes’ − they use scientific racism to justify biased immigration policies

by Shoumita Dasgupta, Boston University, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] Threats of mass deportations loom on the post-2024 election horizon. Some supporters claim these will…

International January 14, 2025

Trump’s canal canard obscures a truth: Panama just wants to run its shipping passage without interference from China or the US

by Carla Martinez Machain, University at Buffalo; Michael A. Allen, Boise State University, and Michael E. Flynn, Kansas State University, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission]…

Georgia January 14, 2025

Georgia lawmakers’ expected debates to include IVF protections, lawsuit limits in 2025 Legislature

by Jill Nolin, Georgia Recorder, [This article first appeared in the Georgia Recorder, republished with permission]January 13, 2025 New dome, who dis? Georgia lawmakers will return to the state Capitol…

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This week’s primaries continued skid for GOP’s anti-CRT school board candidates

Atlanta Community Food Bank food pantry in Cobb ending due to funding/staffing shortages but other nonprofits step in

Hazardous weather outlook issued for Cobb and other nearby counties due to hot temperatures

Cobb County weather forecast June 23

How Octavia E. Butler mined her boundless curiosity to forge a new vision for humanity

Cobb County weather forecast for Thursday June 23

Sunny and hot in Cobb County on Wednesday June 22

Code Orange air quality alert issued for metro Atlanta

Heat advisory for Cobb and nearby counties as temperatures expected to hover around 100 degrees June 22

Marietta man killed in fatal crash on Powers Ferry Road